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Beginner CSS Flashcards

1
Q

What does CSS stand for?

A

Cascading Styles Sheets

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2
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How does CSS differ from HTML?

A

HTML is the meaning or content

CSS is the presentation (style) of that document

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3
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What is the standard format of CSS?

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property: value

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4
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What are the three ways to apply CSS?

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  1. ) Inline
  2. ) Internal
  3. ) External
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5
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______ styles are plonked straight into the HTML tags using the style attribute.

A

Inline styles

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6
Q

How to use the color red?

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color: red

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7
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True or False? Inline styles should be avoided wherever possible

A

True: HTML should be a stand-alone, presentation free document, and so in-line styles should be avoided wherever possible

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8
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_______ styles are used for the whole, multiple-page website. There is a separate CSS file.

A

External

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9
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What tag is used to include a CSS file in an HTML document?

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link along with the attributes rel=”stylesheet” and href=”style.css”

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10
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Whereas HTML has tags, CSS has _________

A

Selectors

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11
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What are CSS selectors?

A

Selectors are the names given to styles in internal and external style sheets.

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12
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What are HTML selectors?

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HTML selectors are simply the names of HTML tags and are used to change the style of a specific type of element

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13
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For each selector there are ________

A

Properties

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14
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A _______ is given to the property following a colon

A

Value

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15
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px

A

The unit for pixels: 12px

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16
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em

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The unit for the calculated size of a font: 2em is two times the current font size.

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17
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pt

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The unit for points, for measurements typically in printed media: 12pt

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18
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%

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The unit for percentages: 80%

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19
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pc

A

The unit for picas

20
Q

True or False: When a value is zero, you do not need to state a unit.

A

True: if you wanted to specify no border, it would be border: 0;

21
Q

CSS has 24-bit color which provides how many colors?

A

16,777,216 colors

22
Q

What are the four ways you can specify color in CSS?

A
  1. ) By name
  2. ) RGB (red / green / blue)
  3. ) Hex code
  4. ) HSL (hue, saturation and lightness)
23
Q

The three values in the RGB value are from ______

A

0 to 255
0 being the lowest (no color)
255 being the highest (full color)

24
Q

What is the compressed version of the hex value #ff0000

A

f00

25
Q

What is the difference between the 3 and 6 digit version of a hex number?

A

The 3 digit version is easier to understand (RBG), but the 6 digit version provides more control over the exact color.

26
Q

What two properties can be used to apply color?

A

color and background-color

27
Q

font-family

A

This is the font itself, such as Times New Roman, Arial, or Verdana.

28
Q

_________ sets the size of the font

A

font-size

29
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font-weight

A

States whether the text is bold or not

font-weight: bold or font-weight: normal

30
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States whether the text is italic or not

A

font-style

font-style: italic or font-style: normal

31
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text-decoration

A

States whether the text has got a line running under, over, or through it

text-decoration: underline
text-decoration: overline
text-decoration: line-through

32
Q

_______ will change the case of the text

A

text-transform

text-transform: capitalize
text-transform: uppercase
text-transform: lowercase
text-transform: none

33
Q

True or False

Underlines should only really be used for links?

A

They are a commonly understood web convention that has lead users to generally expect underlined text to be a link.

34
Q

The ______________ properties are for spacing between letters or words.

A

letter-spacing and word-spacing

The value can be a length or normal

35
Q

line-height

A

The line-height property sets the height of the lines in an element, such as a paragraph, without adjusting the size of the font.

36
Q

The _______ property will align the text inside an element to left, right, center, or justify.

A

text-align

37
Q

The _______ property will indent the first line of a paragraph, for example, to a given length or percentage.

A

text-indent

This is a style traditionally used in print, but rarely in digital media such as the web.

38
Q

What are the two most commonly used properties for spacing-out elements?

A

margin and padding

39
Q

Margin?

A

A margin is the space outside something

40
Q

______ is the space inside something

A

padding

41
Q

The four sides of an element can also be set individually with which type of properties?

A

margin-top
margin-right
margin-bottom
margin-left

42
Q

What is The Box Model?

A

Margins, padding and borders are all part of what’s known as The Box Model.

  1. ) The content area
  2. ) Padding box
  3. ) Border box
  4. ) Margin box
43
Q

True or False?

The box model can be applied to every element on the page

A

True

44
Q

To make a border around an element, all you need is __________

A

border-style

45
Q

The values of border

A

solid, dotted, dashed, double, groove, ridge, inset, outset

46
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border-width

A

border-width sets the width of the border, most commonly using pixels as a value

47
Q

border-color

A

border-color sets the color

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